A pollinator causes plants to make fruit
or seeds. They do this by moving
pollen from one part of the flower of a plant to another part. This
pollen then fertilizes the
plant. Only fertilized plants can make fruit and seeds, most plants (but
not all) won't reproduce or grow fruit without the unwillingly aid of
pollinators
Floral peculiar
characteristics associated with pollination by means of various
pollinators are called
pollination syndromes.The abiotic pollinators agents are:
- Wind (wind pollination or anemophily)
- Water (water pollination or hydrophily)
The main biotic pollinators agents are:
- Insect (Entomophily)
o Bees (Melittophily or
Hymenopterophily.)
o Hawk moths and nocturnal Lepidoptera (Sphingophily
& Phalaenophily)
o Beetles (Cantharophily or Carantherophily)
o Butterflies (Psychophily)
o Fly (Diptera) (Myophily)
o Carrion fly (Sapromyophily)
o Small bees (Micromelittophily)
o Ants (Myrmecophily)
o Carrion beetles (Necrocoleopterophily)
- Animals ( zoophily)
o Birds and Hummingbird (Ornithophily)
o Bats (Cheiropterophily)
o Snails or slugs (Malacophily)
o Anthropophily. Pollinated by man.
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